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Abbot of the house of Our Lady next to Dublin. King and council Abbot of the house...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2047

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This record is about the Abbot of the house of Our Lady next to Dublin. King and council Abbot of the house... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/41/2047
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of the house of Our Lady next to Dublin.
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
Abbot of the house of Our Lady next to Dublin
Nature of request
The abbot and convent request that the king confirm the grant made to them by Henry III of land in Newcastle Lyons in recompense for the damage that the abbot and monks suffer because of the king's mills near Dublin castle.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Dyvelin (Dublin), [County Dublin, Ireland]
Novel Chastel de Lyouns (Newcastle Lyons), [County Dublin, Ireland].
People mentioned
Henry III, King of England
John FitzGeoffrey, Justice of Ireland.
Note
The petition dates to 1331 as the grant was ratified on 3 November 1331 (CFR 1327-37, p.286).
Related material

For the Chancery Warrant in which this petition was apparently enclosed see piece 4958 in C 81/185

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2537
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.286 (ratification of the grant made to the abbot and convent)
  • Documents on the Affairs of Ireland before the King's Council , G.O. Sayles, (Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1979), pp.148-9 (edition of petition)
  • Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.13 (brief calendar wrongly listed as SC 8/42/2047)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062253/

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